Beat the Cell Phone Data Cap Game

Starve the Data Hogs

Beyond using Wi-Fi whenever possible, there are other ways to trim data usage. When you're out, turn off services and apps that push data, and check them manually only when necessary instead. Switch off GPS. Navigation and GPS are two of the biggest users of data. Lower the quality of any music apps. You shouldn’t be able to detect much of a difference in quality but you will notice the data savings. For browsing, use the Opera Mini browser, which uses a proxy server to compress websites before they reach your phone. If you’d rather use a browser other than Opera Mini, disable Flash and images.